Story highlights. (CNN)Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films as well as Die Hard villain Hans Gruber, died Thursday after a short battle with cancer, according to his representatives at Independent Talent Group. He was 69.
Brittany Nicole Carpentero (born May 20, 1988), better known by her stage name Diamond, is an American rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob.
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon. It is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest known material after aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial applications and jewelry.